Students

Travel and Transport

Both City and Headingley campuses are within easy walking distance of most halls of residence and the main student areas.

The 1B bus operated by First Bus runs half-hourly service from Monday - Friday daytime during University term, starting on 24th September, partially replacing service 29. A single ticket costs £1.20 one-way.

We have excellent public transport, cycling and walking facilities. Our city campus buildings are all within easy walking distance of Leeds City Rail station. Headingley Stadium is just a 10 minute walk from Burley Park train station, one stop from Leeds.

As a student at Leeds Beckett you can benefit from our student bike hire scheme, discounted public transport travel passes, great facilities on campus for cyclists, walkers and motorcyclists, car sharing, discounted city car club membership and more. Find out more about all your travel options here and see if you could make your journey to university cheaper or more sustainable.

Changing the way you travel a couple of days a week could make a huge difference!

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Driving

For some journeys travelling by car is the only option but you can still reduce your costs and fuel consumption. Find out more about car sharing, greener driving, car clubs and car parking on campus.

Limited car parking is available at both City and Headingley campuses. Unless you are subject to exemption there is a charge for parking at both campuses.

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Cycling

We have great facilities on our campuses for cyclists including our campus Bike Hub and Bike Fix workshop where you can maintain your bike and receive advice for free, cycle skills and maintenance training, secure cycle parking, showers and lockers.

Both our campuses and halls of residences are well connected by public transport.

The main City Campus buildings are between 2 and 14 mins walk from Leeds train station. Headingley campus is a 15 minute walk from Headingley train station and Headingley Carnegie Pavilion and Stand are a 12 and 8 minute walk from Headingley and Burley Park stations.

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Student Bike Hire

Our students can hire a bike for £35 for the first three months and £50 for an academic year (£35 for the first quarter, £10 for the second quarter, £5 for third quarter, free for final quarter) plus £50 returnable deposit.

Find out more about taxis in Leeds and how you can get a taxi if you have no cash on you.

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Walking

The average journey to uni for our students is just over 2 miles which you can walk in around 30-40 minutes.

Use www.walkit.com/leeds to plan your journeys in Leeds. Get step-by-step directions, a map of your route, journey times and handy short cuts. You can even find out how many calories you will burn on your walk.

Our Transport Strategy 2016-2021 sets out how we are
encouraging our staff, students and visitors to travel to our University
sustainably. We have had a Transport Strategy since 2002 and have been
monitoring how our staff and students travel to University since 2000 in annual
Travel to Uni surveys. From 2011 we have been monitoring CO2 emissions from our
travel and will be setting targets to reduce it.